Defense Sales Lead, Managing Director

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You Are:

The Defense Sales Lead is responsible for driving the sales strategy for the Defense Portfolio, coordinating the sales process, focusing on efficient sales/business development spend, working collaboratively to shape and close deals, and personally providing oversight for portfolio’s most critical, large, and complex opportunities.

The Work:

• Create and Drive the Sales Strategy for the AFS Defense Portfolio
• Create and Drive the Portfolio Sales Strategy and overall sales campaign with eye on growing net new business of large complex deals
• Develop differentiated solutions, capture tactics, win strategies, discriminators, competitive analysis, and teaming strategies that balance program risk and reward and execute a disciplined, comprehensive approach to win the top opportunities in the Federal government sector
• Manage sales efforts typically focused around the sale of transformational solutions, shaping sophisticated/complex deals that balance client and AFS interests
• Ensure capture strategy and proposal activities are compliant with internal controls for non-Capital Committee deals; accountable for ensuring corporate and internal reviews are conducted
• Works with Accenture, teaming partner, subcontractor, third party and Subject Matter Expert (SME) resources to develop a winning solution that appropriately balances and integrates technologies, processes, delivery organizational structure, staffing, schedules, pricing and incentives.
• Supports client delivery, sales and business development teams in building relationships with client decision makers and key influencers; shape opportunities within client and AFS procurement policies and guidelines
• Manage interfaces with Business Development, Legal, Contracting, Human Resources, Recruiting, Marketing, and other internal organizations

Here’s What You Need:

• 10+ years’ experience in one or more of the following: Consulting Services, Business Process Outsourcing, or Information Technology solutions, services, and markets including knowledge of competitive offerings
• 10+ years’ experience with Federal acquisition processes, procedures, and laws
• Demonstrated experience selling in the “New”, specifically cloud, cyber security, digital services, analytics, mobile and other NextGen technologies
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• Washington, DC Metro Area location required
• Strong leadership, problem solving, and decision-making abilities
• Executive Presence
• Previous experience in conceptualizing, planning, and implementing transformational solutions for a government entity
• Ability to interface and negotiate with senior executives

The Extras:

• US Citizenship Required

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